Author:Ojwang, L; Rosendo, S; Celliers, Louis; Obura, D; Muit, A; Kamula, J; Mwang, MDate:Nov 2017The coastline of Kenya already experiences effects of climate change, adding to existing pressures such as urbanization. Integrated coastal management (ICM) is increasingly recognized as a key policy response to deal with the multiple challenges ...Read more
Author:Lück-Vogel, Melanie; Mbolambi, CDate:May 2018The coastal zone as interface between land and sea faces much pressure from human activities. These pressures make it difficult for the coastal zones to fulfil their natural functions, so threatening the state of coastal environments and ...Read more
Author:Musvoto, Constansia D; Kgaphola, Motsoko J; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-MarcDate:Dec 2021Agroforestry-based sustainable land management (SLM) interventions provide opportunities for tackling land degradation and its associated socio-economic issues. Agroforestry is not a guaranteed SLM fix as every agroforestry practice is not ...Read more
Author:Boca, MB; Pretorius, E; Kgaje, CG; Apostolides, ZDate:Mar 2008The suitability of micellar electrokinetic chromatography for the simultaneous trace determination of several compounds (sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, sulfanilic acid, sulfanilamide, 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid and nonoxynol-9) was assessed. ...Read more
Author:Steyn, Maronel; Jagals, P; Genthe, BettinaDate:2004A customised Water-related Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (WROMRA) process was used to determine risk of infection to water ingested by users in the south-eastern Free State, South Africa. The WRQMRA consisted of an observed-adverse ...Read more
Author:Gjermundsen, EF; Mathieu, Renaud SA; Kaab, A; Chinn, T; Fitzharris, B; Hagen, JODate:Sep 2011The authors have measured the glacier area changes in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand, between 1978 and 2002 and have compiled the 2002 glacier outlines using an image scene from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection ...Read more
Author:Smith, Marie E; Bernard, Stewart; O'Donoghue, SDate:Oct 2013The KwaZulu-Natal Bight is a highly variable bio-optical environment, where waters over the shelf can change from the oligotrophic case 1 conditions of the Agulhas Current to the case 2 inshore environment influenced by upwelling and riverine ...Read more
Author:Van Tienhoven, AM; Otter, L; Lenkopane, M; Venjonoka, K; Zunckel, MDate:Mar 2005Levels of background ozone in Southern Africa are high enough to cause concern, as they frequently exceed the 40 ppb threshold currently adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. They also surpass the exposure index of ...Read more
Author:Marumbwa, FM; Cho, Moses A; Chirwa, PWDate:Jul 2020An understanding of drought and land cover interaction plays a crucial role in vegetation vulnerability studies and land use planning. However, there is paucity of information on drought, land cover and land use interaction in southern Africa. ...Read more
Author:Suleman, Shuaib; Chetty, KT; Clark, DJ; Kapangaziwiri, EvisonDate:Nov 2020Unfortunately, for various reasons, in-situ rain gauge networks are diminishing, especially in southern Africa, resulting in sparse networks whose records give a poor representation of rainfall occurrence, patterns andmagnitudes. Hydrological ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Das, S; Coetzee, M; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jul 2014A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate ...Read more
Author:Pelders, Jodi L; De Ridder, JHDate:May 2020Increasing numbers of women are entering the South African mining industry, but self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) devices might not be suited to female anthropometric dimensions. The aim of this project was to assess the ergonomic design of ...Read more
Author:Dabrowski, James M; De Klerk, LPDate:Apr 2013Routine sampling of water quality was conducted at sites along a longitudinal gradient from upstream to downstream in the Olifants River to determine spatial trends in nutrient and metal concentrations and to relate these trends to changes ...Read more
Author:Sebake, N; Breed, I; Kruger, Daniel MDate:May 2015This article presents a study that assessed the extent to which the quality of shared outdoor spaces in social housing complexes in the City of Tshwane conformed to specifications of the Social Housing Policy. To conduct this assessment, ...Read more
Author:Komba, Julius J; Mataka, M; Malisa, JT; Walubita, LF; Maina, JWDate:Jun 2018Traffic loading is one of key inputs for new and rehabilitation designs of pavement. Heavy vehicles cause the most structural damage to pavements; hence, as part of the pavement design process, heavy vehicle volume, and axle load surveys are ...Read more
Author:Wolfaardt, F; Taljaard, JL; Jacobs, A; Male, JR; Rabie, CJDate:Oct 2004Wood-inhabiting Basidiomycetes have been screened for various applications in the pulp and paper industry and it is evident that different fungi need to be used to suit the specific requirements of each application. This study assessed the ...Read more